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LAWS8145
<p><strong>Objectives:<br /></strong>On completion of this course it is expected that students will be able to:</p><ul><li>explain, identify and critique environmental regulatory regimes dealing with science, risk, risk assessment and environmental impact assessment </li><li>critically analyse the literature on ‘regulatory science' and other forms of science provided in environmental regulatory regimes. </li><li>understand and explain theoretical perspectives on the role and importance of science and scientific uncertainty (as compared to other factors) in decision-making within these regimes, </li><li>understand, critique and apply the relevant law on the precautionary principle and related concepts within administrative law </li><li>research scientific, socio-legal and legal databases to obtain literature relevant to environmental regulation </li><li>present the findings of research as a well-reasoned paper in written (and possibly also oral) form.</li></ul><p><strong>Content:</strong></p><p>Selected topics include:</p><ul><li>Theories of environmental decision-making including the use of expert science in decision-making </li><li>Political, administrative and institutional contexts </li><li>Models of environmental regulatory regimes based on scientific information and the assessment of risk<br />(For example, environmental impact assessment, gene technology, hazardous chemicals, fisheries management regimes, forestry, endangered species). </li><li>Sources of scientific uncertainty and standards of ‘regulatory science' </li><li>Theory, method and law of risk assessment </li><li>Legislative standards of preventive and precautionary regulation </li><li>Case law on standards of science </li><li>The precautionary principle in international law and in international trade disputes </li><li>Interpreting and implementing the precautionary principle in domestic law (threshold test and precautionary action) </li><li>Scientific uncertainty, the precautionary principle, and the threshold test </li><li>Legal and institutional reform.</li></ul>
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<p>Students who have completed LAWS8279 Environmental Impact Assessment Law will need to seek permission from the lecturer to enrol in this course.</p>
<p>Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the <a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/" target="_blank">ANU Law website</a>, prior to the commencement of the course.</p>
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Environmental and Risk Assessment Law
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This course has been renamed from Science in Environmental Regulation.
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<p><a href="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/LAWS8189;details.html">LAWS8189</a> Fundamentals of Environmental Law (non-lawyers)</p>
Env & Risk Assessment Law
Band 3
Laws
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<p>26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery)</p><p><a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/Timetable_2009.pdf" target="_blank"></a></p>
2010